The Civil Rights Movement

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Term Paper Title	The Civil Rights Movement
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The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

The civil rights movement was a period of time when blacks attempted to gain
their constitutional rights of which they were being deprived. The movement has
occurred from the 1950's to the present, with programs like Affirmative Action.
Many were upset with the way the civil rights movement was being carried out in
the 1960's. As a result, someone assassinated the leader of the movement, Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Many blacks were infuriated at this death so there were
serious riots in almost 100 cities. President Johnson then appointed a committee
called The Kerner Commission to study the civil rights movement. They concluded
the following: "We are moving toward two societies-one white and one black,
separate and unequal." There is some truth to the Kerner Commission report, but
on the whole the civil rights movement has been a success because blacks are
better off now than they were before it began.

The Kerner Commission report has some truth when it comes to blacks and politics,
but overall the movement was a success because blacks have achieved more
politically than before they began. Before the movement, blacks had almost no
political power due to laws designed to prevent blacks from voting, like poll
taxes, literacy tests and the Grandfather Clause. Also when some blacks went to
vote, people simply wouldn't let them register. Due to lack of voting ability,
no blacks were elected into office and therefore, blacks had no say in the
government. Also, blacks were not allowed to serve on juries, yet they were
almost always found guilty in court, even if the evidence was clearly against
them. For example, years ago a boy in Georgia broke into a school to steal an
ice cream. While he should have gotten a few hours of community service, he got
three years in jail just because he was black. A truth to the Kerner Commission
report that occurs today is that blacks are not being represented in Congress
proportionally. While 12% of U.S. citizens are black, there is only one black in
the Senate out of a hundred seats. This is a failure because blacks should be
proportionally represented because it is their right to have a sufficient say in
government. However, the civil rights movement was more of a success because
blacks got the vote. The 24th amendment outlawed the Poll tax, the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 protects the rights of all citizens to vote, and the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 ended literacy tests and le...

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